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Indian b’band subs declined by 2.29% in September ’21: TRAI

In what could surprise many, the total broadband subscribers in India decreased from 813.47 million at the end of August-21 to 794.88 million at the end of September-21 with a monthly decline rate of 2.29 percent, according to latest data from Telecom Regulatory Authority ...

TRAI, MIB assure Indian M&E of collaborative, open approach

Both the policymaker and the regulator assured the Indian media and entertainment (M&E) sector of an open and collaborative approach as far as sector regulations were concerned.

Speaking yesterday at the opening of the CII Big Picture Summit, Ministry of Information and Broadcast...

TRAI releases consultation paper on licensing of satellite gateways

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Monday released a consultation paper on ‘Licensing Framework for Establishing Satellite Earth Station Gateway’ seeking stakeholders’ inputs on various issues.

TRAI has floated this paper on request from the Department of Telecoms (D...

TRAI announces April ‘22 as NTO 2.0 implementation date

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Wednesday has pushed back implementation of new tariff regime, also known as NTO 2.0, to April 2022, saying there was demand from industry on this. According to TRAI, many service providers and their a...

Changing TV landscape has made TRAI revisit cable distribution monopoly

Sample some facts. India’s television industry was worth INR 68,5002 crore in 2020. Subscription revenues account for around 60-65 percent of the overall industry revenue. There are over 900 TV channels and 1,500 MSOs licenced by the government. As per latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, in Ju...

TRAI issues discussion paper on mkt structure, competition in cable TV

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Monday issued a consultation paper on issues related to market structure and competition in cable television services, and invited comments from stakeholders.

The move has been initiated following a reference from the Ministry of In...

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“This initiative will empower subscribers to pay online and subscribe to the channels they want to watch and get it activated on their TV sets in real-time without any delay. Without needing to undertake any software development, LMOs can approach Mobiezy for their pre-built and pre-integrated solution that uses NXTDigital’s news APIs and can be up and running with their own mobile apps within just a few days.”

RU Ediriwira, Group CTO, NXTDigital Limited

“With the launch of Partnership for Growth 3.0 we intend to expand our network with 40 new NXTHUBs, each offering up to 650 live TV channels and broadband. Our efforts are focused on harnessing the convergence of technologies, developing robust apps and creating new business models that will help the overall ecosystem, delivering the best experience to our subscribers. We hope to achieve a stronger foothold in the rural regions of the country and grow our subscriber base.”

N.K. Rouse, COO, NXT Digital Ltd

“One of the key principles of the Hinduja Group is ‘Partnership for Growth’. After 2.0 saw the launch of HITS to connect LMOs in even the most remote locations through the only satellite-based cable TV platform in India; 3.0 focuses not just on strengthening the overall ecosystem we have built, but harnessing the convergence of technologies – to be delivered through a national network of NXTHUBs. Video and broadband are only the beginning of the digital highway of services that we have developed for roll-out backed by a robust suite of innovative apps developed by service providers exclusively for our LMOs and subscribers.”

Vynsley Fernandes, MD & CEO, NXTDigital Limited

“Wireline broadband is becoming ever more important not only in connecting homes across the country but also small to large enterprises-to the digital economy. The NXTHUBs will be the perfect point-of-presence to offer broadband services to cater to these consumer needs.”

Yugal Kishore Sharma CEO, ONEOTT Intertainment Limited

Amazing and grim battle for survival. Guess it will end up in Supreme Court. All that NCLT asked Zee to do was to file a reply to Invesco petition for a EGM. Now this is getting too serious. So far Invesco has been hammered for demanding an EGM. What is Zee upto? Ofcourse my lawyer community knows better!